NCP>sh know cir
Known Circuit Volatile Summary as of 22-DEC-2011 09:56:51
Circuit State Loopback Adjacent
Name Routing Node
QNA-0 on 59.11 (DIMMA)
QNA-0 59.10 (SOL)
QNA-1 on
TCP-0-0 on 2.1 (LEGATO)
TCP-0-1 on 8.400 (GORVAX)
NCP>tell gorvax sh known cir
Known Circuit Volatile Summary as of 22-DEC-2011 09:57:53
Circuit State Loopback Adjacent
Name Routing Node
QNA-0 on
TCP-0-19 on 19.41 (SG1)
TCP-0-2 on 2.1 (LEGATO)
TCP-0-3 on 3.171 (NUK1C)
TCP-0-33 on 33.14 (FRUGAL)
TCP-0-59 on 59.58 (STUPI)
TCP-0-6 on 6.134 (ROOSTA)
-Thanks--P
Just to let everyone know Area 6 and STAR69:: are back to operational status. I had a power outage a week or so ago and forgot STAR69:: when I powered everything back on owing to the fact it is currently hidden behind a Sun workstation.
Still it's back working again and my bridge is up and working.
Some sad news - since I was running on HECNET last time I lost COWBOX:: , my Cobalt Qube2/PDP-11 emulator - I think the mainboard or power brick is fragged :( I still have all the data on the hard disk so I need to hook it up to STAR69::'s host machine and pull the disk images and config off.
I have a plan to replace it (and then some) with a new project in 2012 which will hopefully result in the smallest, cheapest, most power efficient DEC network ever seen. I will post more plans nearer the time :)
--
Mark Benson
http://DECtec.info
Twitter: @DECtecInfo
HECnet: STAR69::MARK
Online Resource & Mailing List for DEC Enthusiasts.
If I remember right Multinet caches the IP address and does not flush it. Let's not forget that Process Software does not support anything but a reboot!
It is not that big a hit. In the future the hit will be even less when I make some changes to the startups and the hardware.
So far I have not heard of any complaints when it reboots. I suspect that no one even notices... It really does amount to noise.
-Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Rok Vidmar
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 11:15 PM
To: hecnet at update.uu.se
Subject: Re: [HECnet] Multinet Tunnel Links defined
I have written a DCL procedure that does IP address lookups at
predetermined (configurable) intervals. If it finds a mismatched IP
address it reconfigures the the TCP-0-n (where "n" is the area - in my
case) IP address and schedules a reboot.
To avoid reboot, did you try
$ ncp set circ TCP-0-n sta off
$ multinet set/decnet/remote=new_IP_addr/device=TCPAn:/connect
$ ncp set circuit TCP-0-n state on cost 9 hello timer 300
These commands execute without error. I have no means yet to test
if remote address gets really changed.
--
Regards, Rok
I'll never forget 'logging into' my hdds for the first time. :)
You've seen _Dark Star_ ?? The first time I talked to a DSSI drive, that
image of having an existential conversation with the smart bomb kept popping
into my head :-) Too bad the RFxx firmware guys couldn't find a way to
stick Eliza in there somehow....
Bob
I have written a DCL procedure that does IP address lookups at
predetermined (configurable) intervals. If it finds a mismatched IP
address it reconfigures the the TCP-0-n (where "n" is the area - in my
case) IP address and schedules a reboot.
To avoid reboot, did you try
$ ncp set circ TCP-0-n sta off
$ multinet set/decnet/remote=new_IP_addr/device=TCPAn:/connect
$ ncp set circuit TCP-0-n state on cost 9 hello timer 300
These commands execute without error. I have no means yet to test
if remote address gets really changed.
--
Regards, Rok
I'll never forget 'logging into' my hdds for the first time. :)
DSSI is just plain neat. If I remember correctly the drives themselves speak enough MSCP to service cluster requests themselves.
-brian
On Dec 21, 2011, at 22:59, "Bob Armstrong" <bob at jfcl.com> wrote:
DSSI! Brian, excuse me, but you're nuts :-)
What's wrong with DSSI? I've got a uVAX-III with a farm of DSSI drives
(the DEC R-400X box) in the garage. DSSI drives are cool - T11 CPUs in each
one, running RSX-11S (Johnny should love that!). They even have a little
MCR that you can talk to...
BTW, if anybody has a DSSI DLT drive (e.g. a TFxx) that they're willing to
part with, let me know. I need it to complete my collection...
Bob
How is IO on the cf card?
I haven't attempted to benchmark it, but empirically it works OK. The
system runs Ubuntu 10.04LTS with a custom kernel (the eBox has some
non-standard hardware that's not supported by the default kernel) and
simh-vax, and that's about all. I have the VAX emulation throttled to
about 50% of the CPU, so I could run another emulator if I felt like it. I
wanted to run TOPS-20 on it, but the idle detection in simh-KS10 for TOPS20
doesn't appear to work, so it hogs all the CPU time.
What I'd like to do with LEGATO is to set up two simulated NI devices in
simh. One will be my real Ethernet, and the other will be a virtual bridge
to Johnny's world. There appear to be enough pieces to do that, but I
haven't gotten around to trying it yet.
Bob
DSSI! Brian, excuse me, but you're nuts :-)
What's wrong with DSSI? I've got a uVAX-III with a farm of DSSI drives
(the DEC R-400X box) in the garage. DSSI drives are cool - T11 CPUs in each
one, running RSX-11S (Johnny should love that!). They even have a little
MCR that you can talk to...
BTW, if anybody has a DSSI DLT drive (e.g. a TFxx) that they're willing to
part with, let me know. I need it to complete my collection...
Bob
I've heard that before. :)
To that end I've been typing DIA0: all day long when I meant DUA0: on the simh machine we've been working on. :)
-brian
On Dec 21, 2011, at 22:42, "Steve Davidson" <jeep at scshome.net> wrote:
DSSI! Brian, excuse me, but you're nuts :-)
-Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On
Behalf Of Brian Hechinger
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 10:40 PM
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: Re: [HECnet] Multinet Tunnel Links defined
I've got 4x VLC motherboards. I should really rig up some power for
then.
How is IO on the cf card? I've got a system here that might turn into a
dedicated simh box and I'd love to use a cf card in it.
Hmm, it might also be time to resurrect that old laptop as well.
Dammit! See what you've all gone and done? Not only am I looking for
machines to run simh on I've started looking for some dssi cables so I
can rebuild my VAX 4000/500 cluster!!
-brian
On Dec 21, 2011, at 22:22, "Bob Armstrong" <bob at jfcl.com> wrote:
If I remember correctly, LEGATO is the same platform for the exact
purpose.
It used to be. I believe the VLC is the lowest power VAX ever made
(and
I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong :-), but including one SCSI
hard
disk it still uses 60-70W. It's not much, but running 24x7 it adds
up.
LEGATO is now a simh emulation on an eBox-3300. It's about as fast
as the
VLC, and uses 5W. Yes, five watts, and that includes the CF card that
serves as the emulated VAX disk drive.
It makes me feel like I'm cheating somehow, not running a real VAX,
but
the power difference is hard to ignore.
Bob
DSSI! Brian, excuse me, but you're nuts :-)
-Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On
Behalf Of Brian Hechinger
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 10:40 PM
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: Re: [HECnet] Multinet Tunnel Links defined
I've got 4x VLC motherboards. I should really rig up some power for
then.
How is IO on the cf card? I've got a system here that might turn into a
dedicated simh box and I'd love to use a cf card in it.
Hmm, it might also be time to resurrect that old laptop as well.
Dammit! See what you've all gone and done? Not only am I looking for
machines to run simh on I've started looking for some dssi cables so I
can rebuild my VAX 4000/500 cluster!!
-brian
On Dec 21, 2011, at 22:22, "Bob Armstrong" <bob at jfcl.com> wrote:
If I remember correctly, LEGATO is the same platform for the exact
purpose.
It used to be. I believe the VLC is the lowest power VAX ever made
(and
I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong :-), but including one SCSI
hard
disk it still uses 60-70W. It's not much, but running 24x7 it adds
up.
LEGATO is now a simh emulation on an eBox-3300. It's about as fast
as the
VLC, and uses 5W. Yes, five watts, and that includes the CF card that
serves as the emulated VAX disk drive.
It makes me feel like I'm cheating somehow, not running a real VAX,
but
the power difference is hard to ignore.
Bob
